“To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.” NeedsGivingRealitySchoolOpportunityEconomyStudentsCollegeSucceedExpectationsHigh SchoolToolsIncludingEntrancesExamGlobal EconomyWorld Economy Author:Jennifer Granholm
“I was a good student but I was also one of those people that could not got to class and then the day before the exam stay up all night (studying), which I do not recommend doing. But that's more the kind of thing you do when you're younger and you're in college in a band and wanted to party, too.” PeopleKindWantedNightPartyClassStudyStudentsCollegeBandAll NightExamUp All NightGood Students Author:Jeff Kendrick
“I didn't go to university. They offered me a job as a junior reporter and I went off to work for the Southern Reporter. They sent me to college to do my NCTJ, which is a professional exam for journalists, and I started work as a print journalist purely because I was just a pest. They couldn't think of anything other than giving me a job to stop me hanging around.” ThinkingGivingJobsCollegeUniversityJournalistPrintSouthernReportersJuniorsExamHanging AroundPests Author:Jill Douglas
“It's mind control, see. You have to go to school, get those exams, get to university or college, get a job, get married, don't miss the boat, do it now or you'll shoot your life down the drain. Yeah. They got you as soon as you were born. They never risked a second of your life. When you have kids they'll be telling them they have to wear a plastic mask and put a penny in the slot about their nose before they can breathe in.” MindKidsSchoolJobsBornMissingCollegeMarriedYeahUniversityBreatheBoatNosesMaskPlasticPenniesDrainsMind ControlExam Author:Melvin Burgess
“I was in college for two years but I didn´t attend too much. Then I decided to drop out. I was having too many nightmares about failing in the exams.” YearsTwoToo MuchFailingCollegeDecidedNightmareTwo YearsExam Author:Gautam Adani
“I had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a bad student I barely passed my exams and I barely bothered about books. It was sports all the time. I started reading and got involved in literature and writing. The few cases I handled gave me the material for my early short stories.” WritingBookStoriesSchoolReadingLiteratureSportsCasesStudentsCollegeMaterialsInvolvedLawyerShort StoryBotheredExamCollege Days Author:Khushwant Singh
“For those of us who got into good colleges or the professions, did we stand up to that high school history teacher who told us some ridiculous lie about American history and say, "That's a ridiculous lie. You're an idiot"? No. We said, "All right, I'll keep quiet, and I'll write it in the exam and I'll think, yes, he's an idiot." And it's easy to say and believe things that improve your self-image and your career and that are in other ways beneficial to yourselves.” ThinkingWayWritingBelieveSaidSelfSchoolLyingEasyCareersTeacherCollegeQuietHigh SchoolProfessionRidiculousIdiotAmerican HistoryBeneficialExamHistory TeacherGood CollegeSchool History Author:Noam Chomsky